Crops

Producers continued to make progress harvesting their crops this week. Scattered rain helped with moisture levels as systems moved through the province. Saskatchewan is now 21 per cent completed harvest, ahead of the five-year average of 14 per cent and the 10-year average of 11 per cent. The southwest continues to lead the province in […]

Closing grain prices Thursday, August 24 Durum 532.93Feed barley 295.61Canola 762.32Chickpeas 1036.17Flax 561.54Lentils 815.50Oats 301.32Yellow Peas 365.89Feed Wheat 250.971 Red Spring Wheat 335.81 Below are today’s closing future price quotations with Adam Pukalo with P.I. Financial.

Opening grain prices Thursday, August 24 Durum 532.93Feed barley 295.61Canola 761.92Chickpeas 1036.17Flax 561.54Lentils 815.50Oats 301.32Yellow Peas 365.89Feed Wheat 250.971 Red Spring Wheat 337.58 Below are today’s opening future price quotations with Adam Pukalo of P.I. Financial.

Harvest progress sits at 13% complete across the province, which is on-par with the 5-year average harvest progress. Winter wheat and fall rye harvest is near completion, with 93% of acres harvested. Early yield reports for winter wheat are averaging about 60 bu/acre and 70 bu/acre for fall rye. Harvest continues in spring cereal crops, […]

Russian drones struck Ukrainian grain facilities at the Danube River port of Izmail overnight in what a senior official said today was a systematic attempt by Moscow to prevent Kyiv from exporting grain to the world. Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said the port’s export capacity had been reduced by 15% and that 13,000 metric tons […]

A backlog of vessels waiting to pass through the Panama Canal due to drought-related restrictions has eased in recent days after the waterway’s authority authorized more non-booked ships to pass and as others are choosing alternate routes to avoid the delays. The Panama Canal Authority last week opened two additional slots per day for vessels […]

Reductions in pulse output for 2023-24 were among the many revisions Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made to its August supply and demand report on Friday. Most of Canada’s pulses are grown on the Prairies, and in particular southern Alberta and western Saskatchewan, which happen to be the driest parts of the region, leading to declines in production this […]

Closing grain prices Wednesday, August 23 Durum 532.93Feed barley 300.61Canola 758.92Chickpeas 1036.17Flax 561.54Lentils 807.50Oats 301.32Yellow Peas 365.89Feed Wheat 250.971 Red Spring Wheat 336.88 Here are today’s future price quotations with Adam Pukalo of P.I. Financial.

Opening grain prices Wednesday, August 23 Durum                           532.93 Feed barley                   300.61 Canola                          749.12 Chickpeas                     1036.17 Flax                                561.54 Lentils                            807.50 Oats                               301.32 Yellow Peas                   365.89 Feed Wheat                   250.97 1 Red Spring Wheat      337.01  Below are today’s future price quotations with Adam Pukalo of P.I. Financial.